Blood. I picture guys with thick black eyeliner, black lipstick and a pair of giant platform shoes to match.”
“You watch too many movies. Can’t music just be about the music and not about what the artists look like? Dude, it’s all open for interpretation, it’s art man. Besides these guys are like the most buff band ever. Wait until you see the stacks of muscles on these guys,” Ali informed her.
Lilly sipped on her drink through the tiny straw that was meant to stir the cocktail. She looked down at her outfit and felt a tiny bit fancy with her sheer blouse on and decided to take it off. “It is all making sense to me now.”
“Yes, I see. So much so you took your shirt off. You so need to get laid. Let’s find you a guy tonight,” Ali declared her mission.
The bizarre background music that was probably a random mix CD faded out. A girl that looked like she was in her early twenties with a straight blue-black haircut just below her shoulders with a blunt bang that almost covered her eyes bounced out on stage. She rambled on for a few minutes about a few up-coming events, announced the band line up for the night and then introduced the first band, Copper Heads.
The lights faded and a spotlight focused on the small stage at the back of the bar. To Lilly’s surprise an all girl band walked out on the stage. Each of them had red hair. Some more on the coppery orange side while another girl’s hair was bright, brick red.
“Do you think that is their real hair? Or do you think they just wear wigs?” Ali handed Lilly her empty cup.
“Probably wigs. Shit, you drank that already?” Lilly leaned over the bar to get one of the bartender’s attention. “Hey, can I get two more?”
“Get me a chocolate cake shot too.” Ali had a tendency to force the issue with drinking. Lilly loved her, but couldn’t believe how much the girl could drink.
“And a chocolate cake shot,” Lilly requested.
“Seriously? We don’t have Frangelico or any of that fancy shit here. Sorry, we are just simple folk here.” Her tone was way more mocking than someone working for tips should have been.
“Eh, tell her to just give me a shot of tequila then,” Ali said
“What she said, ” Lilly threw another twenty on the bar. “This is my last twenty and my last drink, you better find someone else to buy your drinks the rest of the night.
“Like that would ever be a problem. Besides, all I have to do is go find that creepy guy with bad shoes. He was keen on buying us beer. Maybe he has a keg of the extra light stuff in the back of his mom’s car.” Ali slammed the shot of tequila. “These girls aren’t bad, but I am ready for Breaking Blood!”
“Are they headlining? I wasn’t really listening to the girl who announced the bands,” Lilly asked, still sipping her drink through her skinny red straw.
“No they should be on next. The headlining band is called The West Front. I haven’t seen them or heard their music , but everyone seems pretty stoked to see them. Chances are I will be too drunk to care when they come on.” Ali reached over Lilly and grabbed a white straw from the bartender’s napkin and straw holder. She popped it in her drink and began to suck.
“Why don’t you just slow down? I am going to have to carry you home. I am beat from my exciting date, so whenever you want to go let me know. Maybe I will splurge and get us a cab.” Lilly would have to take a cab home from the train station either way. “It probably won’t cost too much more to have them drive us both home, and besides, better safe than sorry.”
Ali hugged Lilly. “You are the best-”
Ali’s sentiment was cut off when she was thrust up against her friend, spilling the rest of her drink on Lilly’s white tank top. Ali turned aroun d, “What the fuck, dude!”
Before the guy even had an opportunity to say anything, a girl with brown curly hair repeated her phrase to him saying again, “Seriously, what the fuck